Johnson backs plans to close ticket offices as fresh rail strike talks loom
by Gwyn Topham from World news | The Guardian on (#60SA7)
RMT mulls future dates for industrial action as prime minister says it can't be business as usual' on the railways
Talks were set to resume on Monday between the RMT and rail bosses, with the union's national executive committee mulling further strike dates as the prime minister backed plans to close ticket offices.
Services started returning to normal after a later start on Sunday due to the last of three 24-hour national strikes by workers at Network Rail and 13 train operating companies on Saturday.
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